1. Convert Hope into Action and MAKE IT HAPPEN 14 hours ago   permalink

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In this event, comic book nerd Brian of My Next Buck, will discuss 8 different emotions (taken from the Green Lantern comic series) and relate them to personal finance. Here at Budgets Are Sexy we will be looking at Hope. To view the rest of the event look at the bottom of the page to see the other blogs hosting articles.

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NA / Free Money Finance :   Preparing For The Death Tax Debate

Flexo / Consumerism Commentary :   6 Items That Exemplify Conspicuous Spending

Guest Contributor / Bargaineering :   How to Kick 11 Fearful Financial Situations in the Face Brian / My Next Buck :   The Spectrum of Personal Finance: Round Up Guest Author / Debt Free Adventure! :   Willpower! Going from Debt & Addiction to Automation & Success Guest Author / Poorer Than You :   Working Through Finances in a Relationship Without Throwing a Punch Mrsmicah / Mrs. Micah :   Preparation Prior to Throwing Away Personal Finance Rules – Guest Post

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Www.debtfreeadventure.com Willpower! Going from Debt & Addiction to Automation & Success   —  This post is part of the one day blog event “The Spectrum of Personal Finance.” In this event, comic book nerd Brian of My Next Buck, will discuss 8 different emotions (taken from the Green Lantern comic series) and relate them to personal finance. Here at Debt Free Adventure we will be looking at Willpower. To view the rest of the event look ... NA / Free Money Finance :    Preparing For The Death Tax Debate Flexo / Consumerism Commentary :    6 Items That Exemplify Conspicuous Spending Guest Contributor / Bargaineering :    How to Kick 11 Fearful Financial Situations in the Face Brian / My Next Buck :    The Spectrum of Personal Finance: Round Up Guest Author / Poorer Than You :    Working Through Finances in a Relationship Without Throwing a Punch Mrsmicah / Mrs. Micah :    Preparation Prior to Throwing Away Personal Finance Rules – Guest Post Guest Author / Debt Free Adventure! :    Willpower! Going from Debt & Addiction to Automation & Success

Www.consumerismcommentary.com 6 Items That Exemplify Conspicuous Spending   —  This post is part of the one day blog event “The Spectrum of Personal Finance.” In this event, comic book nerd Brian of My Next Buck, will discuss 8 different emotions (taken from the Green Lantern comic series) and relate them to personal finance. Here at Consumerism Commentary we will be looking at Avarice. To view the rest of the ... NA / Free Money Finance :    Preparing For The Death Tax Debate Guest Contributor / Bargaineering :    How to Kick 11 Fearful Financial Situations in the Face Brian / My Next Buck :    The Spectrum of Personal Finance: Round Up Guest Author / Debt Free Adventure! :    Willpower! Going from Debt & Addiction to Automation & Success Guest Author / Poorer Than You :    Working Through Finances in a Relationship Without Throwing a Punch Mrsmicah / Mrs. Micah :    Preparation Prior to Throwing Away Personal Finance Rules – Guest Post Flexo / Consumerism Commentary :    6 Items That Exemplify Conspicuous Spending

Www.bargaineering.com How to Kick 11 Fearful Financial Situations in the Face   —  This post is part of the one day blog event “The Spectrum of Personal Finance.” In this event, comic book nerd Brian of My Next Buck, will discuss 8 different emotions (taken from the Green Lantern comic series) and relate them to personal finance. Here at Bargaineering we will be looking at Fear. To view the rest of the event look at the ... NA / Free Money Finance :    Preparing For The Death Tax Debate Flexo / Consumerism Commentary :    6 Items That Exemplify Conspicuous Spending Brian / My Next Buck :    The Spectrum of Personal Finance: Round Up Guest Author / Debt Free Adventure! :    Willpower! Going from Debt & Addiction to Automation & Success Guest Author / Poorer Than You :    Working Through Finances in a Relationship Without Throwing a Punch Mrsmicah / Mrs. Micah :    Preparation Prior to Throwing Away Personal Finance Rules – Guest Post Guest Contributor / Bargaineering :    How to Kick 11 Fearful Financial Situations in the Face

2. First-Time Homebuyer Credit Extended to ; Some Current Homeowners Now Also Qualify 4 hours ago   permalink

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WASHINGTON — A new law that went into effect Nov. 6 extends the first-time homebuyer credit five months and expands the eligibility requirements for purchasers.

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Trish McIntire / Our Taxing Times :   First Time Homebuyer's Credit On Paper

Paul Caron / TaxProf Blog :   Homebuyer Tax Credit Resurrects Zero-Down Mortgages, Imperiling FHA

3. Facebook prepping for IPO? Twitter too? 1 hour ago   permalink

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Facebook has created a dual-class stock structure, leading some to conclude an IPO may not be far off. Meanwhile, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone talks about an eventual IPO and M&A.

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Report On Business Facebook creates dual-class stock   —  No plans to go public ‘at this time,' social network says, but move seen possibly laying the groundwork

Valleywag.gawker.com The Return of Pay Per Post and the End of Twitter: Internet as One Long, Subversive Ad   —  Remember the moment you knew MySpace was doomed? It came in the form of obnoxious ads. Which your Twitter stream is about to be. So: are you making that cash, or being cashed in on? Pay Per Post is back. Rich Whittle / Business Opportunities :    Will Advertising Spell The End Of Twitter?

Rich Whittle / Business Opportunities Will Advertising Spell The End Of Twitter?   —  MySpace was doomed when the social network became overrun with obnoxious ads. On the heels of newspaper articles alerting users that their friends tweets could actually be an ad, Valleywag predicts Twitter is following in MySpace’s footsteps. The problem, argues Valleywag, isn’t advertorial content, but the fact that the tweets in ... DEALBOOK / DealBook Facebook Sets Up Dual-Class Stock Structure   —  Facebook is taking a rudimentary step down the path to becoming a public company, creating a dual-class stock structure for itself. Yahoo! News Privately held Facebook sets up dual-class stock   —  Reuters - Facebook has established a dual-class stock structure to ensure voting control by existing owners, but has no plans to become a public company, it said on Tuesday. Www.reuters.com Twitter's Biz Stone says could go IPO route   —  OXFORD, England (Reuters) - Twitter, the social internet firm that tracks trends through individuals' updates of events around them, may eventually go to the stock market for funding if necessary, its co-founder Biz Stone said. Mary Kathleen Flynn / Dealscape :    Facebook prepping for IPO? Twitter too? The Seattle Times Facebook creates dual-class structure, but no IPO   —  Facebook has created a dual-class stock structure designed to give founder Mark Zuckerberg and other existing shareholders control over the company. Bizjournals Banking Facebook sets up two classes of stock   —  Facebook Inc. set up two classes of stock on Tuesday in a move that could prepare it for an initial public offering. (GOOG) (MSFT) Tom Taulli / BloggingStocks Telegent: Free-to-air broadcast TV mobile operator files for an IPO   —  Filed under: Products and services , Initial public offerings It's a megatrend: the convergence of mobile devices and broadcast television. Keep in mind that worldwide sales of mobile phones hit 1.3 billion last year. Moreover, the growth should continue, especially in emerging markets in Asia, the Middle East, South America and even Africa. Thus, The Disciplined Investor / Pfblogs.org Links and Reading for November 24th   —  Some of the more interesting and important items for November 24th : Facebook Starts Dual-Class Stock Structure to Give Holders Voting Control – So it seems that IPO will be coming… 10billion valuation? New blackout hits Rio – Americas – What about the Olympics? Newsweek: Bankruptcies hit retirement villages – This ...

4. Deal Economy 2010: Young on QBs as PE investors 3 hours ago   permalink

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Pro Football Hall of Famer Steve Young tells us why quarterbacks make good PE investors in this video with The Deal. Young is managing director of Huntsman Gay, which closed a $1.1 billion PE fund...

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Maria Woehr / Dealscape Deal Economy 2010: IBM's Mendoza on IT services M&A   —  IBM's Elias Mendoza says the company is on track to meet its acquisition targets, but the increased competition for deals has it looking at future strategic moves.

Maria Woehr / Dealscape Deal Economy 2010: Cisco's Hooper on Tandberg pursuit   —  Cisco Systems' Hooper says the company may walk away if Tandberg ASA doesn't accept its raised bid.

5. The 'Real' Jobless Rate: 17.5% 5 hours ago   permalink

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As experts debate the potential speed of the US recovery, one figure looms large but is often overlooked: nearly 1 in 5 Americans is either out of work or under-employed.

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Mark Fightmaster / BloggingStocks :   U-6 unemployment number suggests recovery has not started

John Wark / New dog old trick :   Unemployment statistics, entrepreneurship, and economic recovery

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The Dallas Morning News Fed says jobless rate to drop 'slowly'   —  WASHINGTON –The Federal Reserve expects the unfolding recovery will be gradual, as modest growth keeps the nation's unemployment rate elevated over the next several years, according to a new forecast.

NPR Topics Fed Says Jobless Rate Will Drop, But Slowly   —  The central bank predicted the jobless rate could hover between 8.6 and 10.2 percent next year. Most Fed policymakers said it could take "five or six years" for the economy and the labor market to get back on a path of full health.

6. Start Date Is Critical in Ponzi Plan 11 hours ago   permalink

DIANA / NYT

A court motion contends that Bernard L. Madoff’s investors cannot calculate their losses until it is determined whether any of their original profits were legitimate.

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David Zaring / Conglomerate :   Let's Do The Collapse

Dealbreaker :   Opening Bell:

7. Saab sale is off 1 hour ago   permalink

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General Motors Co.'s latest asset sale screeched to a halt as the once-bankrupt automaker announced Tuesday that Swedish high-end sports car manufacturer Koenigsegg Automotive AB backed away from its...

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Brian White / BloggingStocks GM's sale of Saab collapses; now what?   —  Filed under: Deals , General Motors (GM) It looks like General Motors won't be unloading SAAB to Swedish company Koenigsegg Group, the automaker announced just a while ago. GM CEO Fritz Henderson expressed disappointment, saying "we're obviously very disappointed with the decision to pull out of the SAAB purchase... given the sudden change in ...

Times Online Saab buyer backs out leaving 3,000 jobs hanging   —  GM's planned sale of Saab to Koenigsegg, the Swedish sports car-maker, has collapsed casting doubt over more than 3,000 UK jobs.

AP / NY Post GM's deal to sell Saab falls through   —  DETROIT — A Swedish specialty automaker has backed out of a deal to buy Saab from General Motors Co., casting serious doubt on the future of the troubled brand. Koenigsegg Group AB said Tuesday it has decided to end the deal, which was announced in J... Peter Whoriskey / Wash Post Business Saab future unclear as sale to Swedish firm fails   —  The small Swedish luxury automaker that was supposed to buy Saab from General Motors has backed out of the deal, the companies announced Tuesday, potentially spelling the end of the Saab brand. Times Online Saab could be near end of road as sale plan fails   —  The future of Saab was in doubt last night after General Motors (GM), its American parent, said that a deal to sell the troubled Swedish carmaker had fallen through.

8. EBay Inc. 5 hours ago   permalink

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EBay Brings the World’s Biggest Online Marketplace to New York’s Premier Shopping Destination this Holiday Season

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Tom Taulli / BloggingStocks :   EBay pushes new iPhone app to propel $500M in mobile sales

Liz Gannes / GigaOM :   Will the iPhone Save eBay?

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Video.foxbusiness.com EBay CEO: Paypal to be Bigger than eBay   —  This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. © 2009 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. All market data delayed 20 minutes. Liz Gannes / GigaOM :    Will the iPhone Save eBay?

9. Green groups see nuclear power as part of answer 49 minutes ago   permalink

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Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or ...

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Joseph Lazzaro / BloggingStocks :   Nuclear power is on the comeback trail

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India Business News IOC signs agreement to set up a nuclear power plant   —  IndianOil Corporation has signed an MoU with Nuclear Power Corporation of India for setting up a nuclear power plant of at least 1,000 mw.

Blogging Stocks / Pfblogs.org Nuclear power is on the comeback trail   —  Filed under: CommoditiesNuclear power is coming back into style, and perhaps just in time for the climate, and for the United States.Environmental groups, previously opposed to nuclear power, are starting to support the technology, as it represents the lesser of two evils compared to coal-fired electric power generation plants, The Washington ...

10. Infant Entrapment and Suffocation Prompts Stork Craft to Recall More Than 2.1 Million Drop-Side Cribs 8 hours ago   permalink

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Infant Entrapment and Suffocation Prompts Stork Craft to Recall More Than 2.1 Million Drop-Side Cribs WASHINGTON, DC � The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc., of British Columbia, Canada, today announced the voluntary recall of more than 2.1 million Stork Craft drop-side cribs, ...

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BusinessPundit / Economics Roundtable :   2.1 Million Stork Craft Drop-Side Cribs Recalled

Marc Perton / The Consumerist :   2.1 Million Cribs Recalled, Including 150,000 From Fisher Price

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Drea / Business Pundit 2.1 Million Stork Craft Drop-Side Cribs Recalled   —  Image: CPSC The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) today announced a recall of Stork Craft drop-side cribs. More than 2.1 million cribs are being recalled. Infants can become entrapped and suffocate when the drop-side drops one or more... Read more

The Seattle Times CPSC chief pledges swift action after crib recall   —  The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission on Tuesday promised swift action to get dangerous products off the market, acknowledging that the agency didn't move quickly enough on a record recall of more than 2 million cribs linked to four deaths.

11. Best Buy creates Internet buzz with Black Friday ad marking Muslim holiday 57 minutes ago   permalink

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Detroit -- Electronics retailer Best Buy's Black Friday ads acknowledging the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha are stirring controversy on some Internet blogs today.

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Jkontherun.com BlackBerry Buzz: Media Sync Updated; Curve #1; Free YouMail on Sprint   —  It’s Tuesday and that can only mean it’s time for our weekly feature, BlackBerry Buzz. The Buzz is where you’ll find out what’s been going on in the BlackBerry brambles. You’ll hear about everything that’s worth knowing in the awesome world of the BlackBerry. Research In Motion released version 3 of the BlackBerry Media Sync today ... Paul Sweeting / GigaOM :    How the Nook Nicked B&N’s Q2 Numbers

Drea / Business Pundit The 5 Best Websites for Finding Black Friday Deals   —  Image: Intomobile Black Friday, the major shopping day after Thanksgiving, can give you amazing bargains.But, as any experienced shopper knows, a successful Black Friday requires preparation. When it comes to preparing, the Internet is your... Read more

Cliff Kuang / Fast Company Infographic of the Day: Black Friday Might Be Pretty Good   —  Mint.com's data shows that American consumers are finally waking up from economic hibernation, just in time for the biggest shopping day of the year. Bless the Web team over at Mint.com for this new infographic, detailing their shopping indices in the run-up to the coming Black Friday. Mint's users input their spending habits on the site, and ... BensBargains.net Latest Headlines Insignia 2.1 Speaker System $18 at Best Buy   —  Best Buy has the Insignia 2.1 Speaker System, 3-Piece - Black (NS-PCS21) on sale for $18 with free shipping. Features 8 watts RMS power (4.4W subwoofer and 1.8W per satellite), magnetically shielded satellites, 3" subwoofer driver, auxiliary input, headphone output. [ Compare ] Mark Thoma / Economist Black Friday as a Price Discrimination Scheme?   —  [I'm between classes, so as with the other posts today I don't have time to say much, but I suppose -- or at least hope -- that "echo mode" is better than not posting anything at all.] I fully agree... USATODAY.com Money Stock watchers keep eye on Black Friday store sales   —  How frequently cash registers scream ka-ching on Black Friday and the rest of the holiday shopping season could determine if ... TIME.com Top Business Stories Black Friday Shopping: Discounting but No Panic   —  As Black Friday draws closer, retailers are lean but shoppers remain tight-fisted. There will be price wars, but not the panic discounting of last year

12. A Closer Look at Rajaratnam's Legal Defense 4 hours ago   permalink

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Peter Henning, a guest blogger for the Deal Professor, takes a closer look at Raj Rajaratnam's defense against the S.E.C.'s civil lawsuit and his arguments that the wiretap evidence should be suppressed.

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David Zaring / Conglomerate :   Let's Do The Collapse

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ZACHERY KOUWE / NYT In Reply to S.E.C., Rajaratnam Attacks Wiretap Use   —  Raj Rajaratnam, the hedge fund executive accused of masterminding a $20 million insider trading ring, responded to civil fraud charges on Tuesday, attacking investigators' use of wiretaps and arguing that prosecutors omitted key facts in their original complaint.

13. Reports on consumer confidence, GDP tug at stocks 1 hour ago   permalink

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NEW YORK -- A disappointing report on consumer confidence and a more sober read on the economy pulled stocks from 13-month highs Tuesday.

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USATODAY.com Money Stock slip on reports on consumer confidence, GDP   —  Stocks retreated from 13-month highs after a lackluster reading on consumer confidence and a report showing slower economic growth ...

BBC News US consumer confidence edges up   —  US consumer confidence edged higher in November after a big drop in October, as fewer Americans felt the economic situation was likely to worsen. The closely-watched Consumer Confidence Index from the Conference Board rose to 49.5 from a revised 48.7 in October.

Economic news Consumers more optimistic about recovery   —  A key measure of consumer confidence gained slightly in November, snapping a two-month declining streak, a research group said Tuesday. Yahoo! News Stocks dip on revised GDP; Fed's view curbs loss   —  Reuters - U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday on lackluster economic data in a session marked by low volume and choppy trading, but losses eased after the Federal Reserve raised its expectations for growth in 2010. Online / Detnews.com Report of slowing GDP hits stocks   —  New York -- Stocks are slightly lower Tuesday after the government said the economy grew at a slower pace in the third quarter than originally reported.

14. Slow Month for Retailers, but Strong Finish Is Seen 4 hours ago   permalink

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Retailing analysts said sales declines were minor and that many consumers were saving their strength for the day after Thanksgiving.

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Beat the Press / Economics Roundtable :   NYT Misinterprets Retail Sales

15. China banks prepare to raise capital 35 minutes ago   permalink

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Tens of billions needed after lending spree

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RealMoney Avoid Bank Fallout on China ETFs   —  Take advantage of this special offer today and get immediate, complete access to the unbiased advice and first-rate analysis from the investment pros at RealMoney.

Bizjournals Banking Washington Banking raises $45M   —  A day after it said it planned to raise $30 million in a stock offering, Washington Banking Co. said it raised $45 million in gross proceeds by selling 5 million shares of stock at $9 per share. (WBCO)

16. Seattle Genetics Gets $12M From... 2 hours ago   permalink

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Seattle Genetics, the Bothell, WA-based developer of cancer drugs, said today it will get a $12 million upfront fee from Agensys, an affiliate of Japan-based Astellas Pharma, under a renegotiated partnership to develop targeted antibody treatments loaded with toxins to make them more potent. Seattle Genetics (NASDAQ: SGEN) struck its first ...

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Newmedia / Seattle Post-Intelligencer :   Cozi Teams Up with MWV, Naverus Acquired by GE, Bio Architecture Lab Raises $8M, & More Seattle-Area Deals News

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Finance.yahoo.com Seattle Genetics and Agensys, an Affiliate of Astellas, Expand Antibody-Drug Conjugate Collaboration   —  BOTHELL, Wash. & SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Seattle Genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGEN - News) and Agensys, Inc., an affiliate of Astellas, announced today an expansion of the companies’ antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) collaboration. Under the amended agreement, Agensys will pay a $12 million fee for exclusive rights to ADC licenses against ... Newmedia / Seattle Post-Intelligencer :    Seattle Genetics Gets $12M From Agensys

17. Defending Geithner 42 minutes ago   permalink

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Noam Scheiber defends Timothy Geithner against those demanding his resignation. Scheiber is right on the merits, I think, but the politics matter. Whether Geithner did his best against a bad hand, he created a public relations disaster by bailing out Wall Street and returning it to wild profitability without doing something, anything, to satiate ...

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Brad DeLong / J. Bradford DeLong :   Did Ezra Klein Just Say that Tim Geithner Should Be Pitched Over the Side?

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RealMoney If Geithner Is Out, Who Is In?   —  Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is under pressure from some Capitol Hill power brokers to resign. And while it may just be the typical Washington-style grandstanding, we wonder: Who would be the best choice to replace him?

Blogging Stocks / Pfblogs.org Wall Street hates Warner Music Group's Q4 report   —  Filed under: Earnings reports, Apple Inc (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN)Warner Music Group (WMG) was out of favor with the market today. At the time of this writing, shares of the company were down over 16% on big volume. Wall Street did not appreciate the fourth-quarter release. According to TheStreet.com, a loss, on an adjusted basis, of 3 cents per ...

18. SPIN METER: Republicans engage in legislation inflation in taking on Democratic health bills 43 minutes ago   permalink

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WASHINGTON - Republicans are using everything short of forklifts to show Americans that Democratic health care legislation is an unwieldy mountain of paper. They pile it high on desks, hoist it on a shoulder trussed in sturdy rope and tell people it's longer than "War and Peace," which it isn't.

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David Dayen / Firedoglake Rep. Gutierrez: “Impossible” to Vote for Health Care If Immigrants Can’t Buy Insurance   —  The debate over health care just added a new wrinkle. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), a key ally of Barack Obama’s from Illinois, said today that he would find it “extremely difficult if not impossible” to vote for a health care bill that included the restrictive and discriminatory measure on undocumented immigrants that appears in [.

Brad DeLong / J. Bradford DeLong Good News for Health Care Reform...   —  But bad news for the American press. Ezra Klein and Stan Collender pile on to David Broder. Each day the Washington Post publishes David Broder is another day of humiliation for serious journalists working for the Post, for Newsweek, etc.--and also a day of humiliation for all those working for Stanley Kaplan Test Prep. Stan Collender: What Is ...

Www.whitehouse.gov An Insightful Article on Health Care Costs   —  For those skeptical about the ability to restrain health care cost growth in heath reform, read Ron Brownstein’s latest article on how the bills now being considered in Congress would transform the health care system so that it delivers better care to more Americans at far less cost. EconLog :    Where Health Care Reform Stands, by Arnold Kling

19. Canadian Markets: Canadian stocks end lower as miners fall 51 minutes ago   permalink

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Canadian stocks slide as industrial metals and oil prices drop, with health care and tech the only bright spots.

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RealMoney Where to Find Yield? In the Stock Market   —  Most people are worried about skyrocketing interest rates because of the federal deficit. You read these kinds of stories every single day, including today. Yet, when I see the GDP revision down, when I see consumption down, I think that's misplaced worry.

Dismal.com Market Wrap: GDP Revision Weighs on Stocks   —  Treasuries rose, while the dollar and commodities were mixed.

Business and financial news Stocks end choppy day lower   —  Stocks ended a volatile session with modest losses Tuesday, as the Fed's improved outlook and some signs of improvement in housing tempered a weaker revision on economic growth released in the morning.

20. Real estate bust opens doors for parties at vacant houses 9 hours ago   permalink

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SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Some of the most elegant addresses in all of Atlanta are found in this wealthy enclave. Sprawling mansions that occupy 2- to 10-acre lots are home to some of the city's most prominent residents.

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CARPE DIEM / Economics Roundtable :   Markets in Everything: Vacant House Parties

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